Saturday, October 22, 2011

Not All Treats Are Created Equal

     In every office on someone's desk there's a candy dish, hard to resist.  Your bank always offers suckers for the "kids."  Halloween is just around the corner and of course you will have to approve the gatherings, making sure all candy is safe.  You can't even pay for your groceries without all those candy bars screaming at you, "buy me!"
     Have you ever wondered what kind of calorie punch each variety has.  Here's a lil' sampling to get you thinking.  From not-so-bad to the worst you can get.

1 roll of Smarties
25 calories, 0 fat

25 calories, 0 fat

1 small handful candy corn
10 pieces = 60 calories, 0 fat

60 calories, 0 fat

80 calories, 1.5 g fat

1 fun-size package Skittles
80 calories, 1 g fat

1 fun-size Twix bar
80 calories, 4 g fat

1 fun-size Snickers bar
80 calories, 4 g fat

1 fun-size package Peanut M&M's
90 calories, 4.5 g fat

132 calories, 8 g fat

1 package Twizzlers, 4 strands
160 calories, 1 g fat

210 calories, 13 g fat

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